It's A Wonderful Lie by Carolyn Scott

Author:Carolyn Scott [Scott, Carolyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

Working out that Naomi and Sofia knew each other was like wedging a crowbar into a small crack and widening it. Instead of only a few grains of sand falling through, now rocks and boulders tumbled in.

I marched into the living room where both women now sat a little apart, silent. Angela was sprawled on a nearby couch, lazily sipping from a glass. Dante stood by the window where he could see the drive. There was no sign of the police yet.

I sat beside Angela. She pointed her glass at me. "I've paid you to work until everything is tidied up. Get up and clean, or I'll cut your pay. In fact, you've done very little all night. Give me one good reason why I should pay you at all."

"Because I know what's going on. I know who really took the earrings and why." I leaned closer and whispered loudly. "Here's a hint. It wasn't Sofia."

She arched a pencil-thin brow. Then her gaze slid to her husband. He'd turned to look at us, as had Naomi and Sofia. "Go on," she said to me.

"Don't listen to her," Dante said. "She's clearly Sofia's friend. Of course she's going to lie to help her out."

"I'm not the one who's Sofia's friend," I said.

Angela slowly swirled the amber liquid around her glass, then finally took a sip. It was an agonizing moment while we all waited for her talk. "What's your name again?"

"Cat. Cat Sinclair." Phew. I'd gotten my name in. It had taken all night, but now she had a name to go with my face. It was those little mental connections that could get a girl some work.

"Tell me what you think is going on, Cat." If she hadn’t so badly wanted proof of her husband’s affair with Naomi, I suspected Angela would have dismissed me and let Sofia take the blame. I didn't care what made her want to listen, it only mattered that she did.

Dante strode across the room and took his wife's hand. "Don't listen to her! She's just going to make stuff up to get noticed. It's what wannabes do."

Angela pulled her hand free. "You should know."

The wind left Dante's sails. He stepped back until he hit a chair and sat heavily. He stared at Angela, but she didn't look at him.

"Go ahead," she said to me.

"First, I have a question for you. Why did you employ Sofia tonight and not your assistant?"

She shrugged. "A friend asked me to give her work as a favor. I like to do favors for my friends from time to time. It means they'll owe me. She told me Sofia was a friend of her friend's or something." She waved her glass in the air, sloshing the liquid up the sides. "I don't recall."

"Does your friend also know Naomi?"

"What's this got to do with me?" Naomi asked.

I ignored her and waited for Angela to answer.

"I think she might." Angela frowned into her glass. "Actually, yes she does. They've worked together before.

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